scholarly journals Cluster-based Innovation Policies: A Critical Approach

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayşe Saime Döner
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Coordination Mechanisms ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Innovation Policies

Following the shift to a knowledge-based economy, designing and implementing the right institutions relevant to knowledge production has become the main concern of national industrial policies. Regional clustering appears as a commonly adopted policy tool to promote innovation in developed countries as well as in developing countries. In this regard, this paper examines innovation process in detail and explores the instruments that cluster-based innovation policies must support for promoting innovation. Innovation process may require particular coordination mechanisms at cognitive, institutional and social levels. I first draw a conceptual framework to define the essential aspects that need to be favored by innovation policies. This framework is then used to propose instruments of cluster-based innovation policies. While the idea of regional innovation clusters is mainly based on the geographical dimension of successful innovative activities, the success of clusters depends essentially on coordination mechanisms among the actors involved in the innovation process. Putting forward mostly financial incentives for companies isn't enough for clusters to sustain innovation. These clusters may only continue to promote transient innovation activities and not become the focal of a “learning region”, unless they get embedded into a more complex relational setup.

scholarly journals Public-private partnerships in US innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-391
Author(s):  
Valerij N. Minat ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Territorial Differentiation ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
State Financing

Introduction. The subject of the research is public-private partnership (PPP), which contributes, through funding and incentives, to the spatial development of innovation in the United States. As an economic phenomenon, PPP is seen as an effective mechanism for integrating investors, business (primarily venture capital) and the state aimed at implementing the innovation process at the meso-spatial level – states and regions (subregions) of the United States – within the framework of regional innovation systems (RIS), contributing to territorial differentiation. Theoretical analysis reveals the factors and mechanisms of public-private interaction in the space of the corresponding RIS states and sub-regions of the country, characterized by the institutional and functional role of American forms of PPP in the implementation of innovative projects at the regional level. A hypothesis is formulated about the heterogeneity and unevenness of the united innovation space in the United States, one of the foundations of which is the differential nature of state financing of innovation activities at the regional level. Empirical analysis. A correlation is shown between indicative indicators reflecting the level of innovative potential and characterizing the innovative activity of the RIS of the states and subregions of the United States as a whole, on the one hand, and the degree of development of the innovative potential of PPP within the RIS of the corresponding territory, on the other hand. The carried out typological grouping of RIS states based on the lognormal distribution reflects the statistical commonality of the analyzed indicators. Results. Based on the available values of the indices characterizing the innovation activity of the RIS of specific states and subregions of the United States, as well as the calculation of integral indicators that make it possible to assess the interaction of PPP subjects, which are at the same time the institutional and functional elements of the corresponding RIS, a hypothetical statement about the unevenness of the US innovative development has been confirmed. In this case, the territorial differentiation of innovation in the United States and its impact on the spatial aspect of the development of an innovative economy, and, consequently, on economic growth, is determined by the intensity of the use of innovative potential by forms of PPP, which involves proactive financing and stimulation of innovative business projects at the expense of budgetary funds in the RIS of specific groups of states and sub-regions of the United States.

scholarly journals Clever Specialization as an Opportunity to Increase Innovation Activity of the Regions of the Kyrgyz Republic

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diliara Suleeva
Keyword(s):  
Innovation System ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Smart Specialization

In recent years, great attention has been paid to the problems of developing innovation activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. They became the most discussed in the country, and modernization and industrialization are the main directions of the current state policy of Kyrgyzstan. The objective need for the implementation of scientific and other innovations in the country, taking into account regional particularities, determines the relevance of the research chosen. The article considers the possibility of implementing an effective regional innovation system based on the so-called “smart” specialization in the Kyrgyz Republic. The economy of the republic is extremely important constantly developing innovation process, and it should not end only on the acquisition of expensive innovative equipment. It is necessary to develop the whole system with the obligatory involvement of the regions. This is the only way to rely on the successful development of innovations. The paper analyzes the main directions of innovation development at the regional level. The problems of promoting the innovation ecosystem in Kyrgyzstan in general, and innovation processes in agriculture, in particular, have been identified.

What contextual factors shape ‘innovation in innovation’? Integration of insights from the Triple Helix and the institutional logics perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzhuo Cai
Keyword(s):  
Triple Helix ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Triple Helix Model ◽  
University Industry ◽  
Innovation Policies

While the Triple Helix relationship between university, industry and government, called ‘innovation in innovation’ by Etzkowitz, has frequently been a key concept guiding national and regional innovation policies around the world, there is an emerging awareness that no one-size-fits-all approach can be used in developing innovation systems. Criticism has been expressed that the conceptualization of the Triple Helix model in the most recent literature pays little attention to contextual effects. The present article seeks to enhance the context sensitivity of the Triple Helix model by integrating it with the insights of institutional logics. More specifically, seven ‘ideal’ institutional logics aligned with ‘ideal’ Triple Helix activities in Western society are identified. These have a potential to be used as a conceptual/benchmarking framework for understanding how institutional settings, particularly institutional logics, influence the development of Triple Helix innovation systems in different national contexts. To verify such a proposition, some alternative Triple Helix models as well as associated institutional logics are compared to the ideal-type, demonstrating that different institutional logics may divert the Triple Helix interactions in other directions. Meanwhile, it is claimed that institutional logics do not necessarily lead to a Triple Helix model but serve only as enabling conditions. To what extent the Triple Helix will be developed depends on innovation policies and on the key actors involved in the innovation process. The framework constructed in this study aims to provide a solid basis from which policymakers, especially those from developing and transition countries, may improve the design of these innovation policies by employing appropriate Triple Helix approaches.

scholarly journals Managing Innovation Resources in Accordance with Sustainable Development Ethics: Typological Analysis

Resources ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljovkina ◽  
Dusseault ◽  
Zaharova ◽  
Klochkov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Development Ethics ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Managing Innovation ◽  
Innovation Support ◽  
Innovation Policies

The regional development path depends on managing innovation resources. However, increasing the quantity of innovation activity and managing innovation resources only by financial indicators does not guarantee progress in sustainable development. This paper argues that basic conditions for effective sustainability-oriented innovation activities are: (1) the accordance of relevant activities with sustainable development ethics and (2) their marked focus on systemic and long-term sustainable development targets. These parameters can be considered fundamental principles for designing and developing effective sustainability-oriented innovation systems and innovation policies. Analysis of the two basic principles precedes estimation of the effectiveness of innovation activities, innovation systems, or innovation policies. In this paper, a special typological analysis technique was applied to assess basic conditions for the effectiveness of sustainability-oriented innovation activities observed in the case of the Tyumen region, Russia. It was found that since 2009 the Tyumen regional innovation support system has not been conceptually designed in accordance with sustainable development ethics or considering a long-term vision. Therefore, the projects themselves afford only temporary solutions to regional problems by implementing innovations that mainly have short-term and mid-term social–economic effects. As a result of the analysis of fundamental conditions for sustainability-oriented innovation activities in Tyumen region, this paper proposes recommendations on necessary measures for redesigning decision-making principles of regional innovation support systems in order to significantly increase the potential impact on the development of a truly sustainable regional economy.

Feedback effects of economic growth on innovation: a country-level empirical study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthilkumar Thangavelu ◽  
Sangeetha Gunasekar ◽  
Amalendu Jyotishi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Feedback Effect ◽  
Negative Slope ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Innovation Policies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the nature of the feedback effects of economic growth on innovation. The question is whether the economies with higher levels of endowments have a declining feedback effect of income on innovation and contribute to the development of effective innovation policies are raised. Design/methodology/approach This study hypothesizes that innovation input’s response to economic growth in terms of income is an inverted “U” shaped path, whereas the innovation output’s response to income is positive and asymptotic. This paper uses the global innovation index data of 154 countries over the period 2013–2017 on innovation and gross domestic product for the analysis using the fixed-effect regression models. Findings The results confirmed the inverted U shaped relationship in the line of Kuznets’s curve for innovation input and that of negative slope and asymptotic behaviour for innovation output. Research limitations/implications In this study, the analysis performed using the global innovation index 2013–2017 data. This study can be extended at each factor level to understand this phenomenon in depth with more data and to help in improving the innovation policies for the betterment of the economic growth. Practical implications This study suggests that developed countries need to guard against complacency in their innovation efforts because of the asymptotic nature exhibited through the effective development of innovation policies. The developing economies can look forward to establishing themselves in the domains of innovation input through imitation of technologies. Originality/value This paper extends the study of feedback effects of economic growth on innovation. This study brings out the nature of feedback effects of economic growth on input innovation and output innovation activities. The results show a declining feedback effect of income on innovation in economies with a higher level of endowments and highlight the inclusion of feedback effects of economic activities on the innovation while designing the innovation and economic policies of a country.

scholarly journals Are Non-R&D Innovation Activities Actually Effective for Innovation Sustainability? Empirical Study from Chinese High-Tech Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Hou ◽  
Jiancheng Chen ◽  
Hongfeng Song ◽  
Gang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Innovation Activities

Compared with developed countries, the paper explores whether non-R&D innovation activities in China actually are effective and provides a guidance on how we can choose a sustainable innovation mode for non-R&D, especially considering the “threshold effect” of the heterogeneity of different regional innovation levels. The dynamic threshold panel models of the non-R&D (NRD) effect on the basis of the threshold of regional innovation level is constructed to verify the complex “threshold effect” characteristics between non-R&D and innovation performance. The empirical results are discussed according to the panel data for 30 provinces in China concerning the high-tech industry. Results argue that the mechanism of non-R&D innovation activities on innovation performance have a significantly different “threshold effect.” Interestingly, when the threshold of regional innovation keeps a low level, the negative effect of non-R&D innovation activities is much larger. When the threshold level of regional innovation increases, reaching the critical mass, the negative impact of non-R&D innovation activities on innovation performance becomes smaller. However, once the regional innovation level crosses the critical mass, the negative impact of non-R&D shows a significantly increasing tendency. Specifically, neither much higher nor much lower regional innovation level is conducive to the promoting effect of non-R&D activities. The negative impact of non-R&D on performance will decrease to the minimum only in the regions within the moderate threshold level (critical mass). The dynamic nonlinear mechanism between non-R&D activities and innovation performance is empirically studied to assist high-tech enterprises for innovation sustainability based on heterogeneity of different regional innovation levels.

NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL COORDINATION OF THE REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY IN THE EU COUNTRIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Ramaz Abesadze ◽  
Vakhtang Burduli
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Coordination Mechanisms ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Regional Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Policies ◽  
The Eu

The initial prerequisites for the formation of regional innovation policies and mechanisms (strategies and instru-ments) for its coordination at the national, regional and supranational levels, mainly in the EU countries, are systematized and justified in the article. It is shown that at all three levels of coordination, mostly joint tools for coordination of industrial and innovation policies are used. The national and regional levels of coordination of industrial and innovation policies in France and South Korea, that have successfully reformed the coordination mechanisms of these policies, has been thoroughly explored. Mechanisms for coordination of the supranational regional industrial and innovation policies of the EU have also been systematically investigated.

REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN THE PERIPHERY: THE CASE OF THE BEAUCE IN QUÉBEC (CANADA)

2003 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 67-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID DOLOREUX
Keyword(s):  
Innovation System ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Route 128 ◽  
Key Dimensions

All too often, innovation research emphasizes core regions exemplifying successful innovation systems or "learning regions" such as, Silicon Valley, Route 128, Emilia-Romagna and Baden-Württemberg. However, lessons learned from these regions are seldom applicable elsewhere, in particular to territories where actors strategic to the innovation process are less diversified. The regional innovation system (RIS) in peripheral regions, and the likelihood of their acting as conduits for the innovation system, have seldom been the subjects of discussion. The objective of this paper is to study the way in which innovation occurs, including an investigation of actual innovation activities and capabilities of firms located in a peripheral area, and specific factors affecting their innovation activities. The discussion draws its empirical substance from the case of the Beauce in Québec (Canada). A survey of 45 SMEs was conducted in order to get a better understanding of the key dimensions of innovation activities.

European and Ukrainian experience in financial support to farming activities through fiscal instruments

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1040-1063
Author(s):  
E.A. Nepochatenko ◽  
E.T. Prokopchuk ◽  
B.S. Guzar
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Tax Regimes

Subject. The article considers financial regulation through the use of tax mechanisms. Objectives. The aim of the study is to evaluate European and Ukrainian practices of fiscal incentives for farming through fiscal instruments with VAT playing the key role. Methods. In the study we employed economic and statistical research methods, like monographic, comparison, scientific generalization. Results. Based on the analysis of VAT implementation on farmers in developed countries in Europe we substantiated the conclusion about its focus on simplifying the tax procedures and eliminating the negative impact on operations of economic entities. Special tax treatment (including VAT collection) is mainly used to streamline tax relations, taking into account the specifics of farming, rather than to improve the financial support to farms. We revealed that in the Ukrainian practice its main task is financial support to agricultural production. Conclusions and Relevance. The experience of developed European countries on the use of special tax regimes and taxation procedures should serve as a model for Ukraine. Financial incentives for agricultural production development should be directly supported by the State, and special tax treatment and tax administration should be focused on streamlining tax relations in the region, based on the practice of developed European countries such as UK, Germany, Italy and France.

scholarly journals Assessing the Effectiveness of Social and Political Innovations in the Development of Interaction between the Authorities and the Population during COVID-19: The Implication of Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Elena Kranzeeva ◽  
Evgeny Golovatsky ◽  
Anna Orlova ◽  
Natalia Nyatina ◽  
Anna Burmakina
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Data Format ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Political Interaction ◽  
Social Graphs ◽  
Regions Of Russia

Open innovations combine the interaction of the authorities and the population in regions of Russia. Social and political interaction of Russian network users demonstrates new open forms of political participation, mobilization practices (initiative appeals, petitions), the use of expert systems data, and remote access technologies. The increasing number of initiatives and the growth of online communities involved in the discussion and adjustment of the results of innovation activities require the use of a big data format. The demand for open innovation based on the principles of transparency of social and political interactions is being updated during COVID-19. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of open innovations in social and political interactions during COVID-19. The innovative practices of communication between the population and authorities were studied using DataMining tools based on digital platforms: “Russian Public Initiative”, “Change.org” and “GoogleTrends”. Users’ social graphs represent the visualization in terms of thematic and territorial groupings. The results obtained allow for a conclusion about the dependence of the regional innovation activities on the openness of their communications and their location relative to authoritative and other types of resources. The physical location of the region (center–border region–periphery) and dependence on implementation at the federal, regional or municipal levels are circumstances influencing the effectiveness of social and political innovations.

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